The George Jones monument at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Nashville will be unveiled Nov. 18. Open to the public, fans are encouraged to attend the ceremony which begins at 3:30pm and will include an announcement from Nancy Jones. The event precedesPlayin’ Possum! The Final No Show tribute concert at Bridgestone Arena Nov. 22.
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An Ellis woman has started a support group for people affected by eczema.
Adrienne Gashler’s two pre-school daughters both have it. They’re among the 30 million Americans living with eczema, a chronic inflammation of the skin:
Gaschler also hopes the new group will be able to conduct fundraisers for eczema research.
For more information, contact Adrienne Gaschler, Support Group Leader for the National Eczema Association at 785-726-1344 or [email protected].
You can watch the entire interview with Gashler next week on the Eagle Community TV Forum with host Gary Shorman on Eagle Community TV Channel 14.
Congratulations to Mary Frances Flax and Linda Humphrey!
Chicken Soup for the Soul is giving you the chance to win a special prize package containing items from Chicken Soup for the Soul Foods.
Two listeners will receive a four-pack of assorted soups from Chicken Soup for the Soul Foods and a copy of the book Chicken Soup for the Soul 20th Anniversary Edition.
Winners will be announced Friday, November 15, 2013. Prizes will be mailed to the winners by Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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Law enforcement authorities in the region have been alerted to the search for a suspect from Barton County.
Few details are available. Twenty-six year old Robert Eugene Lyons has allegedly made threats to use a gun against family members. He is described as 5′ 7″ tall and 120 pounds.
According to the State Department of Corrections, In 2009 Lyons was convicted of “obstructing the legal process or official duty in a felony, or resulting from parole, etc” in Pawnee County.
If you have information on Lyons or know where he is, please contact police.
Penmanship once helped distinguish the literate from the illiterate. But in the digital age, people are increasingly communicating by computer and smartphone, with no handwritten signature necessary.
When the new Common Core educational standards were crafted, cursive classes were dropped. Children need to master computer keyboarding. Is cursive worth saving? Tell us what you think in the comment section below and participate in our poll.
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Twenty-seven year-old Michael Sherman is alleged to have attacked Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder after a judge upheld his life sentence in a child sex case.
Michael Sherman has been charged by the Attorney General’s Office with attempted first degree murder or in the alternative, aggravated battery. A warrant has been issued for his arrest in the case, but so far has not been served.
Sherman is alleged to have jumped on Schroeder who was sitting at the prosecution table a few feet away. A Jail Officer, Lance Francis then jumped on both and put Sherman into a choke hold. Schroeder received a minor cut to his right forehead.
Sherman had been convicted of aggravated criminal sodomy of his own infant child in August of 2012. He admitted that he was alone with the child and had been watching pornography on his cell phone.
Sherman was in court in July to appeal the Jessica’s Law portion of his sentencing when the attack on Schroeder occurred.
Once the warrant is served, Sherman will be brought back to Hutchinson to face the additional charges.
The Attorney General’s office has not responded to calls about the case.
(AP) — Hunting season opens this weekend in Kansas for a rare game bird that’s being considered for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Kansas is the only state remaining where hunters can legally kill lesser prairie chickens, which have been facing declining populations. This year’s survey found about 18,000 lesser prairie chickens in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism limits the number of birds hunters can take and says hunting doesn’t impact the lesser prairie chicken’s population. The hunting season is Nov. 16-Jan. 31 in northwest and eastern Kansas and until Dec. 31 in southwest Kansas.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide by March 2014 if the bird will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Fred VanVleet had a career-high 18 points, Cleanthony Early added 14 and No. 16 Wichita State pulled away in the second half to beat William & Mary 79-62 on Thursday night.
Ron Baker added 13 points and Kadeem Coleby had 10 for the Shockers (3-0), who are off to another hot start after their dramatic NCAA tournament run last season. They have won 20 straight non-conference games at home by an average of 22 points.
This one wasn’t easy – the Shockers trailed by a point at halftime. But they took advantage of their superior size and depth in the second half to pull away down the stretch.
Marcus Thornton had 18 points to lead the Tribe (1-2), who were just 11 of 22 from the free throw line. Tim Rusthoven added 13 points and freshman Omar Prewitt finished with 11.
(AP) — Bird enthusiasts are being urged to keep their distance from whooping cranes that pass through Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in central Kansas at this time each year.
Refuge worker Barry Jones sent an email this week to people on a Kansas birding list cautioning them to stay at least a half-mile away from the endangered shorebird.
Whooping cranes have been spotted at the refuge in recent weeks. As many as 16 were reported at the wetlands Sunday.
All hunting is suspended at the refuge as long as the rare birds remain there.
The cranes are the tallest species of North American birds at 5 feet. Only about 20 of the birds remained in 1942, but the population is now at least 500.
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran will give opening remarks today at the Hays Startup Weekend at FHSU. He will speak at approximately 7:20 p.m. at McCartney Hall.
The three-day event provides an opportunity for participants to pitch and pursue startup ideas. Sen. Moran will be discussing his legislative efforts including Startup Act 3.0, a bipartisan jobs and high-skilled immigration plan to jumpstart the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses.
Startup Act 3.0 would create both Entrepreneur and STEM Visas for highly-educated and entrepreneurial immigrants to stay in the United States where their talent and new ideas can fuel economic growth and create American jobs. The bill would also modify the tax code to encourage investment in new businesses, accelerate the commercialization of university research that can lead to new ventures, and seek to improve the regulatory process.
The Hays Recreation Commission is hosting their monthly dance night tonight, Friday November 15th from 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. The event is for 6th – 8th graders. HRC is bringing in a DJ and opening all gymnasiums to allow area middle school students to dance, play games, and have a good time in a supervised environment.
Parents are asked to drop off and pickup children in the back parking lot. Any child wishing to leave before 9:15 pm must have a parent enter the building for pick up.
HRC staff will be on site for the event, which takes place at the Hays Recreation Center at 1105 Canterbury. Soda, pizza and candy will be available for purchase.
Admission is $5.00 per child, or $3.00 with one canned good (to be donated to the area Community Center). Children also need to bring a current ID from school.
Gov. Sam Brownback and other officials held a press conference today to describe the administration’s new “Reading Roadmap” program, saying it would be aimed at boosting reading skills of fourth graders from low-income homes with the ultimate goals of reducing childhood poverty and teen pregnancy rates.
“We want to break the cycle of child poverty,” Brownback said. “I’m convinced a key part of breaking that (cycle) is getting them able to read.”
Brownback said Kansas’ reading scores already put it among the top 10 states in the nation, “but we can do better.”
He said $9 million in federal aid dollars would be used to bankroll the effort, though private funding also is being sought to augment the after-school reading program. The goal is to involve children from at least 40 rural and urban schools in various parts of the state, officials said.
The effort will rely in part on volunteers and some existing after-school programs such as the Boys and Girls Club and was endorsed by local school officials who attended the press conference, which was held at a Topeka Boys and Girls Club.
Brownback said the initiative would build bridges and coordination between school districts and after-school programs.
“We’re wanting to knit them together with the K-12 system,” he said.
Brownback said the state would direct the federal dollars from the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families fund to a nonprofit group, The Rural School and Community Trust, in the form of a grant. That group will then distribute the money to programs such as Reading Recovery and Save the Children, which will develop or augment after-school reading programs and seek parent involvement in the efforts.
“When this partnership came to our attention we were not only excited but truly enthusiastic to move forward,” said Robert Mahaffey, the group’s communications and marketing director.
Joyce Glasscock, regional government relations director for the Boys and Girls Club, said the organization also looked forward to being involved in the initiative.
